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I'm new to Valiant... I grew up reading mostly Marvel and Batman and was 10 when the first Valiant conics were released. I remember seeing Valiant comics listed in Wizard magazine and wanting to read them all... Harbinger and Shadowman were always the ones I liked the look of the most but as a teenager, without a LCS to go to, or money to spend i just never had a chance.

As an adult I never really lost that curiosity but I had found X-Men as my main collecting focus early on and after a few years completed the set. Collecting sets such as X-Men is not cheap and despite seeing a number of Valiant books, mostly Bloodshot and Turok, going cheap In shops I never really took the plunge.

Anyway, long story shot, I recently felt the urge to see what Valiant was really about and brought a few books from sets such as Harbinger, X-O and Solar and absolutely loved them.

I have since brought a bunch more and started looking at key books to the aim of collecting pre-unity Valiant. Today is a landmark day and i recieved my first ever slabbed valiant book in the form or Shadowman #1 and I am literally over the moon. I have a few others in the post but this is one i have wanted to own for a while and I am now even more excited about owning the others.

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Welcome! I recommend reading IMPERIUM. Seriously, it's GOOD! :thumb:

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Welcome and watch out! Slab collecting can be a slippery slope. The quest is never ending.

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:thumb: :thumb:

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nycjadie wrote:Welcome and watch out! Slab collecting can be a slippery slope. The quest is never ending.
I've been buying slabs for a number of years :wink: Just not Valiant... I currently have well over 100 slabs and owned and AF15 3.0 in the past that I upsettingly had to sell.

Having said that though I am feeling the slope coming upon me as I have a Harbinger #1 (CGC 9.6), X-O #1 (9.8) and Rai #0 (9.8) on their way :roll:

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Nice! For a shameless plug, I have several keys for sale, and am happy to make a deal for a few.

http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewto ... =2&t=46045" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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nycjadie wrote:Nice! For a shameless plug, I have several keys for sale, and am happy to make a deal for a few.

http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewto ... =2&t=46045" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I would have taken that Solar #10 of your hands :P

Unfortunately I have spent a lot of money this past few weeks and need to be careful for a while as my wife is starting to ask questions :lol:

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Welcome to the board!
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geocarr wrote:Welcome to the board!
Thank you :)

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Welcome! :thumb:
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Whatever you do, don't start buying original art! :P

That is an addiction of an entirely different type!

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DirtbagSailor wrote:Whatever you do, don't start buying original art! :P

That is an addiction of an entirely different type!
it certainly is... I have a number of pieces myself (obviously not valiant).

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The postman very kindly delivered my second Valiant slab today along with Divinity #2 - 4 (First Print Raws)

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Welcome! Glad you joined us :thumb:
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Really pleased with my latest deliveries/purchases :D

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Thanks everyone for you lovelly welcomes and thanks to Jesse (Dirtbagsailer) for the great deal on the X-O and Rai :)

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The heavy hitters. Next on your list should be an EW 4 and a Solar 3. Great keys.

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nycjadie wrote:The heavy hitters. Next on your list should be an EW 4 and a Solar 3. Great keys.
Thanks mate... I have both of those in Raw so I am trying to decide if I want to get them slabbed or buy ones already slabbed.

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Welcome :thumb:

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:thumb: :thumb:

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Thanks Guys...

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Welcome!

What a great start!

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Welcome and you seem like your well on your way :thumb:

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